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Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky Makes Her Choice

by Jordan Carr

And it’s higher self-esteem! Did you ever wonder what it is that happens at Stanford in the summer? As residents of Toyon Hall may well know, their dorm plays host to SuperCamp, which is a not altogether inexpensive summer camping experience and self-styled as “the original learning and life skills enrichment program for students.” A [...]

6-3-2010 The Day in Review

by Jordan Carr

Long-term unemployment hits an all-time high. Three takes on the flotilla incident: one from an Israeli general, one from Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren, and one from Nicholas Kristof. Joshua Green thinks Pres. Obama has fallen victim to his reliance on experts.

One Way Conversation: Stanford Student Rejuvenation Day

by Jordan Carr

Occasionally I get emails. This one was fun, and since it involved our beloved ASSU, I thought I’d respond to it in a public forum. It’s the only polite thing to do. The letter I received is below–bold comments are mine, italics not. Dear Health and Wellness Leaders, If I have not already introduced myself [...]

Common is Coming to Stanford: Ten Questions about Just Wright

by Jordan Carr

As has been noted elsewhere, rapper and thespian Common (née Sense) will be visiting Stanford. If you’re not familiar with him, he’s had some CDs, most notably this one, and now basically is in movies and apparently on the college lecture circuit. In any event, I saw his film Just Wright on the night it came [...]

Divestment at Stanford–A Primer

by Jordan Carr

If you have not heard, the incoming ASSU Senate is gearing up to tackle the big issue facing Stanford students in their day-to-day lives, and really, answer the question that has been on everyone’s mind: why isn’t our student government looking into how much of its money is going to companies that are going to [...]

Hennessey to Stanford Alums: You’re Overfunded

by Jordan Carr

A recent Wall Street Journal article featured some interesting quotations from Stanford President John Hennessey. Here he is, on our university’s investments (hint: it’s going to be bad news for one club with a jarringly unostentatious website): “We don’t feel putting more into venture capital will yield good results. We feel the industry is overfunded [...]

Fabrice “Fabulous Fab” Tourre Testifies

by Jordan Carr

If you’ve been following the case that the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) brought against über-bank Goldman Sachs, one name that has popped up over and over again is Fabrice Tourre. The French-born and Stanford-educated (it’s been a rough couple months for our alumni, hasn’t it?) banker stands accused of some rather serious wrongdoing. A [...]

I Do Declare! Mark Sanford’s Secret Parties

by Jordan Carr

I Do Declare! is an ongoing series finding the hidden gems from our governor’s proclamations. The series began yesterday by unearthing a lesser known Confederate History Month. As you may remember, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was embroiled in a bit of a scandal this past summer. It started with Mark Sanford claiming he was [...]

I Do Declare! Lesser Known Confederate History Months

by Jordan Carr

I Do Declare! is an ongoing series finding the hidden gems from our governor’s proclamations. There was a hubbub recently when Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell declared April would be Confederate History Month. Even Frank Rich got indignant and self-righteous. Ok, he always does that, but other people were mad too. Why would he honor the [...]

Wellness: An Etymology

by Jordan Carr

As some of you may know, “wellness” has been something of a theme here at Fiat Lux and the Stanford Review in recent months, with a special emphasis on the rooms and weeks it has inspired. But did you ever wonder…where on earth did “wellness” come from? If so, it was your lucky week as [...]

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